Saturday, June 18, 2011 We’re up at 5 AM so we can be out early, and also in hope of seeing some wildlife on the river. We’re packed and ready to go by 6:15 AM. As we load our canoes, a group from a site on the eastern shore paddles out from their site. They head toward the Moose River before us. We assume our chances for seeing a moose just went down considerably. We’re about 5 to 10 minutes behind this group and take our time. It is not long before we’re running into other groups on their way in. The portages become a bit slower and at least one group on its way out catches up with us. We catch up with the group in front of us and they ask is we’ve been this way before. They are curious how far they are from the entry point. It’s one more short paddle and then the 160 rod portage to the parking lot. They are from Arizona and this is their first trip into the BW/Quetico. They were flown in, paddled out, and were being picked up at the entry point. We reach the 160 rod portage to the parking lot a bit before 9 AM and it is chaos. There are people everywhere, headed in both directions. As we drop our first load at the parking lot, there are at least 4 cars cued up waiting to drop their gear and enter. Ugh! I bet we see at least 25 to 30 different people on this portage. While carrying my canoe, I am forced to the side of the trail by a father and son carrying packs, who evidently felt that they were entitled to the path. Neither of them make any attempt to move over a bit. They both bump into me with their packs…even though I am as far to the side as I can get. While picking up our last load, we chat with a mother and son that is headed in and find out they live about 15 minutes from us…small world. We are able to load our car and leave the chaos behind. We’re at VNO by about 10 AM. We shower and then stop for burgers to go before we get on the road.          We have the best kind of drive home: Uneventful. Highlights: On a day we’re leaving the BW, there are none Lowlights: Chaos on our final portage